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Plant Panicum maximum (Poaceae)

Common Names
Guinea grass
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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASH 0 Leaf 7100.0 160000.0 0.72 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 7100.0 20900.0 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 672000.0 827000.0 1.71 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAROTENE 0 Leaf 242.0 392.0 -0.46 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHLORINE 7 Leaf not available 5600.0 0.11 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FAT 0 Leaf 7000.0 32000.0 -0.49 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER 15 Leaf 241000.0 421000.0 3.21 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HCN 9 Leaf not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IODINE 12 Leaf 0.1 0.3 -0.72 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON 6 Leaf not available 525.0 0.41 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf not available 4500.0 0.14 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OXALATES 0 Leaf not available 15000.0 -0.32 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf not available 5600.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 5900.0 29200.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 48000.0 119000.0 -0.93 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SODIUM 1 Leaf not available 4100.0 0.08 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SULFUR 14 Leaf not available 1800.0 -0.71 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TOCOPHEROL 93 Leaf 230.0 345.0 -0.31 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidepressant 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepitheleomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosation 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antigoiter 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiherpetic 2 Martindale's 29th